Lake Dyupkun Explained

Lake Dyupkun
Location:Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia
Coordinates:68.2078°N 92.7706°W
Type:lake
Pushpin Map:Russia
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of the lake in Russia.

Lake Dyupkun (Дюпкун) is a vast, isolated lake stretching for in the southwest of the Putorana Plateau in Northern Siberia.[1] The Kureika River flows through the lake from south to north. It lies on marshy ground at the bottom of a valley and has an area of 199 km2.[2] The lake's left bank is the location of the Talnikovy Waterfall, claimed to be the highest in all of Asia.[3]

It is located southeast of Lake Khantayskoye.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Яндекс.Словари.
  2. Web site: Государственный водный реестр: озеро Дюпкун.
  3. Web site: Тальниковый - высочайший водопад России (фото) - 7 Января 2011 - Тальниковый водопад. 2014-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308175916/http://talnikovy.ru/news/talnikovyj_vysochajshij_vodopad_rossii_foto/2011-01-07-5. 2014-03-08. dead.
  4. [Google Earth]